Knowing the science behind the impacts of community tree plantings has shaped the way KIB approaches our work. With neighborhood tree planting requests coming from the grass root level it is validating to see our efforts have a direct impact on helping people and nature thrive.

Below are two initiatives that have helped shape our Community Forestry Program:

Under the direction of Burney Fischer, Sarah Mincey and Jess Vogt looked at the relationship that KIB planted trees have with the surrounding communities. Studying the impacts of maintenance regimens on tree survivability, and the spillover effects of tree tending and social cohesion. Five more cities are now working with IU to begin to study these ecological and social benefits or urban forestry.

This work will serve as an updated tool from our earlier mapping partnership with IUPUI in 2006; looking at such factors as Ecology, Socio-Ecological Systems, Health, Urban Forestry, Sociology, Business, Criminal Justice. The long term goal for the project is to further develop a ‘hotspot map’ to articulate the connections of tree canopy to a healthy city and to inform KIB’s strategic direction.

Knowing the science behind the impacts of community tree plantings has shaped the way KIB approaches our work. With neighborhood tree planting requests coming from the grass root level it is validating to see our efforts have a direct impact on helping people and nature thrive.

Below are two initiatives that have helped shape our Community Forestry Program:

Under the direction of Burney Fischer, Sarah Mincey and Jess Vogt looked at the relationship that KIB planted trees have with the surrounding communities. Studying the impacts of maintenance regimens on tree survivability, and the spillover effects of tree tending and social cohesion. Five more cities are now working with IU to begin to study these ecological and social benefits or urban forestry.

This work will serve as an updated tool from our earlier mapping partnership with IUPUI in 2006; looking at such factors as Ecology, Socio-Ecological Systems, Health, Urban Forestry, Sociology, Business, Criminal Justice. The long term goal for the project is to further develop a ‘hotspot map’ to articulate the connections of tree canopy to a healthy city and to inform KIB’s strategic direction.